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English language locale for Belgium (Ubuntu, Debian, ...)

English language locale for Belgium on Ubuntu, Debian and others linux systems

sudo cp en_BE /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_BE
sudo localedef -i en_BE -c -f UTF-8 en_BE
echo "en_BE.UTF-8 UTF-8" | sudo tee -a /etc/locale.gen
sudo locale-gen

Maybe also change files in /var/lib/locales/supported.d/

comment_char %
escape_char /
% English language locale for Belgium
% Contact: Yannick Vanhaeren
% Email:
% Language: en
% Territory: BE
% Revision: 1.0
% Date: 2017-11-02
% Users: general
% Charset: UTF-8
LC_IDENTIFICATION
title "English locale for Belgium"
source ""
address ""
contact "Yannick Vanhaeren"
email ""
tel ""
fax ""
language "Belgian English"
territory "Belgium"
revision "1.0"
date "2017-11-02"
category "i18n:2012";LC_IDENTIFICATION
category "i18n:2012";LC_CTYPE
category "i18n:2012";LC_COLLATE
category "i18n:2012";LC_TIME
category "i18n:2012";LC_NUMERIC
category "i18n:2012";LC_MONETARY
category "i18n:2012";LC_MESSAGES
category "i18n:2012";LC_PAPER
category "i18n:2012";LC_NAME
category "i18n:2012";LC_ADDRESS
category "i18n:2012";LC_TELEPHONE
category "i18n:2012";LC_MEASUREMENT
END LC_IDENTIFICATION
LC_CTYPE
copy "en_GB"
END LC_CTYPE
LC_COLLATE
% Copy the template from ISO/IEC 14651
copy "en_GB"
END LC_COLLATE
LC_MONETARY
int_curr_symbol "<U0045><U0055><U0052><U0020>"
currency_symbol "<U20AC>"
mon_decimal_point "<U002C>"
mon_thousands_sep "<U002E>"
mon_grouping 3;3
positive_sign ""
negative_sign "<U002D>"
int_frac_digits 2
frac_digits 2
p_cs_precedes 1
p_sep_by_space 0
n_cs_precedes 1
n_sep_by_space 0
p_sign_posn 1
n_sign_posn 1
END LC_MONETARY
LC_NUMERIC
decimal_point "<U002C>"
thousands_sep "<U002E>"
grouping 3;3
END LC_NUMERIC
LC_TIME
abday "<U0053><U0075><U006E>";"<U004D><U006F><U006E>";/
"<U0054><U0075><U0065>";"<U0057><U0065><U0064>";/
"<U0054><U0068><U0075>";"<U0046><U0072><U0069>";/
"<U0053><U0061><U0074>"
day "<U0053><U0075><U006E><U0064><U0061><U0079>";/
"<U004D><U006F><U006E><U0064><U0061><U0079>";/
"<U0054><U0075><U0065><U0073><U0064><U0061><U0079>";/
"<U0057><U0065><U0064><U006E><U0065><U0073><U0064><U0061><U0079>";/
"<U0054><U0068><U0075><U0072><U0073><U0064><U0061><U0079>";/
"<U0046><U0072><U0069><U0064><U0061><U0079>";/
"<U0053><U0061><U0074><U0075><U0072><U0064><U0061><U0079>"
abmon "<U004A><U0061><U006E>";"<U0046><U0065><U0062>";/
"<U004D><U0061><U0072>";"<U0041><U0070><U0072>";/
"<U004D><U0061><U0079>";"<U004A><U0075><U006E>";/
"<U004A><U0075><U006C>";"<U0041><U0075><U0067>";/
"<U0053><U0065><U0070>";"<U004F><U0063><U0074>";/
"<U004E><U006F><U0076>";"<U0044><U0065><U0063>"
mon "<U004A><U0061><U006E><U0075><U0061><U0072><U0079>";/
"<U0046><U0065><U0062><U0072><U0075><U0061><U0072><U0079>";/
"<U004D><U0061><U0072><U0063><U0068>";/
"<U0041><U0070><U0072><U0069><U006C>";/
"<U004D><U0061><U0079>";/
"<U004A><U0075><U006E><U0065>";/
"<U004A><U0075><U006C><U0079>";/
"<U0041><U0075><U0067><U0075><U0073><U0074>";/
"<U0053><U0065><U0070><U0074><U0065><U006D><U0062><U0065><U0072>";/
"<U004F><U0063><U0074><U006F><U0062><U0065><U0072>";/
"<U004E><U006F><U0076><U0065><U006D><U0062><U0065><U0072>";/
"<U0044><U0065><U0063><U0065><U006D><U0062><U0065><U0072>"
d_t_fmt "<U0025><U0061><U0020><U0025><U0064><U0020><U0025><U0062><U0020><U0025><U0059><U0020><U0025><U0054><U0020><U0025><U005A>"
d_fmt "<U0025><U0064><U002F><U0025><U006D><U002F><U0025><U0079>"
t_fmt "<U0025><U0054>"
am_pm "";""
t_fmt_ampm ""
date_fmt "<U0025><U0061><U0020><U0025><U0065><U0020><U0025><U0062>/
<U0020><U0025><U0048><U003A><U0025><U004D><U003A><U0025><U0053><U0020>/
<U0025><U005A><U0020><U0025><U0059>"
week 7;19971130;4
first_weekday 2
END LC_TIME
LC_MESSAGES
copy "en_GB"
END LC_MESSAGES
LC_PAPER
copy "en_GB"
END LC_PAPER
LC_TELEPHONE
tel_int_fmt "<U002B><U0025><U0063><U0020><U0025><U0061><U0020><U0025>/
<U006C>"
tel_dom_fmt "<U0025><U0041><U0020><U0025><U006C>"
int_select "<U0030><U0030>"
int_prefix "<U0033><U0032>"
END LC_TELEPHONE
LC_MEASUREMENT
copy "en_GB"
END LC_MEASUREMENT
LC_NAME
copy "en_GB"
END LC_NAME
LC_ADDRESS
postal_fmt "<U0025><U0066><U0025><U004E><U0025><U0061><U0025><U004E>/
<U0025><U0064><U0025><U004E><U0025><U0062><U0025><U004E><U0025><U0073>/
<U0020><U0025><U0068><U0020><U0025><U0065><U0020><U0025><U0072><U0025>/
<U004E><U0025><U007A><U0020><U0025><U0054><U0025>/
<U004E><U0025><U0063><U0025><U004E>"
country_name "<U0042><U0065><U006C><U0067><U0069><U0071><U0075><U0065>"
country_ab2 "<U0042><U0045>"
country_ab3 "<U0042><U0045><U004C>"
country_num 056
% B
country_car "<U0042>"
% English
lang_name "<U0045><U006E><U0067><U006C><U0069><U0073><U0068>"
% en
lang_ab "<U0065><U006E>"
% eng
lang_term "<U0065><U006E><U0067>"
% eng
lang_lib "<U0065><U006E><U0067>"
END LC_ADDRESS
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Hi Yannick,
Best wishes for a sparkling 2024 !
You just gave me a wonderful solution (en_BE) to use GnuCOBOL's SCREEN SECTION. The issue was that this part of GnuCOBOL was not working correctly with accented characters. Since I installed your locale file, everything is working fine.
The issue was open since 2020 and is now solved !
Cfr. references hereafter.
Kind regards,
J.M.

https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/help/thread/fe79679dab/?limit=50#43bc/9f16/ad60/6c82
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/help/thread/fe79679dab/?limit=25#43bc/9f16
https://sourceforge.net/p/gnucobol/discussion/help/thread/fe79679dab/?limit=50

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